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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
6
The piece laments draft laxity, urges preparation for postwar care, and notes government requests to remove Third Liberty Loan signals. It calls for measures to support returning soldiers and questions current peace planning while urging prompt subscription payments and nursing mobilization.
In a call from the 100 Per Cent American Club, editors are urged to support the work or fight policy. The group condemns drunks and loafers, urges cleansing Cokeville of loafers, and notes Wyoming’s labor quota of 1760 unskilled workers as national defense demands rise abroad.
Notice for publication announces an application by Frank Wexelberger of Rock Aprinus Wyn for a mineral land claim in the state land office. It warns adverse claimants to file objections before the 10th day of August, with details on land parcel size and location and mineral rights.
Interior Department announces a land sale hearing at Krock Sprite Wyoming. Frank Weither and Robert Waldwell contest a claim under the mining act. Notices advise interested parties to appear or file objections by October first.
Local and personal items report various visitors and travelers to Kemmerer and nearby towns including H Ry Christmas Fr and Curtis Jew elry repair service Frank Rosenbuck Dr J K Marquis Emma S Fuller Miss Marve Fuller and others. A Bear River Red Cross chapter sock drive and local transportation notes are mentioned along with new sewing machines and a picture show feature The Eagle's Eye.
The document lists detailed dimensions and materials for a Brookside school building. It specifies 18 by 32 feet footprint, 10 foot ceiling, 8 inch foundation, concrete walls, boxed sills, 2 by 8 joists at 24 inch centers, 6 by 6 girders, diagonal subfloor with 2 penny nails, No. 2 V G fir finish flooring, paper under floors, 2 by 4 stud spacing, ship lap exterior, 6 inch siding, 2 by 4 ceiling joists and rafters at 24 inch centers, roof sheathing with shingle weathering, 17 by 17 brick chimney on brackets, 44 inch windows on south side, two light 24 by 30 doors with spring bolts, cornice with rope pulley system, two interior doors, front door with lock and transom, two coats paint on interior trim, one coat on roof, lime wash plaster and varnish finishes, vestibule 6 by 18 with 10 foot ceiling, two 24 by 30 windows, School District No. 6 Cokeville Wyoming.
The Fourth Liberty Loan drive will start September 28 and run through October 0. European observers including Allies and enemies will closely watch its outcome as a measure of American support.
Iee Walton of Montpellier and Wm Thomas of Afton mix in town while Clyde Ray, Louie Roberts, and Gilbert Taysom impact county business. Em ta Fuller seeks a helper at the Black Bungalow. Mrs Angelo visits Kemmerer with August. Watches repaired by F K Curtis. J W Mumford drives from Geneva for supplies. St Williams Studio in Heatrice offers a free print with film roll, valid to Aug 28 1918.
Written for Casper League Casper Wyoming, the piece argues Germany seeks global empire through Mitteleuropa stretching from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf. It cites 1895 pamphlets and 1911 writings, links Berlin Baghdad railway to conquest, and warns of a German westward push if England falls, jeopardizing the Monroe Doctrine.
Skeptics doubt patriotic women supply, but French village needs prove large scale war injuries demand vast dressings. Red Cross reports a soldier saved only after full case of dressings. under strain, stockpiles must be maintained to France to meet urgent needs.
A new disease provisionally named X has broken out in the west and northwest of New South Wales. It has caused a number of deaths and presents symptoms resembling cerebro spinal meningitis but differs pathologically and in several respects is somewhat like pneumonia.
Department of the Interior United States Land Office Evanston Wyoming gives notice of a mineral land entry in the Rock Springs district. Juha FT Miner and others filed for land under Kee om Hewsked Alututes Sr. Standard notice for protests by adverse claimants due to mineral character, deadline August 15.
The text weighs annexations and peace terms, arguing that conceding victory to Germany would leave the world in peril. It insists that Germany must be forced to disgorge gains and be prevented from further conquest, fearing perpetual aggression unless a decisive defeat is secured.
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